Irrigating-conduit.



I. B. NAYLOR.

IRRIGATING GONDUIT.

APPLIOATION'HLED 001.18, 1912.

1,078,635. Patented 11011.18, 1913.

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I. B. NAYLOR.

IRRIGATING GONDUIT.

-APPLIGATION FILED 00T. 18, 1912.

1,078,635, Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

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ISAAC B. NAYLOR, OF NEW YORK, N. YY.

IRRIGATING-GONDUIT.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18p, 1912. Serial No. 726,554. i Y Y To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I ISAAC B. NAYLoR, a citizen of the ,United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of N ewrYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Irrigating-Conduits, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to apply water to land so as to promote vegetable life thereon, without loss of water by evaporation or by oveisupply. I do this by carrying the water in a pipe system underground, freeof contamination and obstruction, sothat when the water coines into contact with the soil by overflow from the pipe,

it ascends by natural capillary action to the roots of any vegetation growing thereon or p to any seeds or bulbs sown o-r planted therein within its radius.

A. still further object of my invention is to regulate the quantity of water supplied to a given field according to the needs and character of the vegetation in said field, and the character of the soil material.

.A still further object of my invention is to control the flow of the water into the soil in such manner that all danger 0f under# mining at the point of exit is eliminated. A still further object of my invention is to construct the conduit so as to prevent the main body of water, whereby I am enabled to have a steady, regular iiow of water of equal volume through out the system besides which the soil of one lield is not carried by the main body of water to another field as is experienced in many systems of irrigation.

` Another object of my invention is to transmit a large volume of water a long distance witha minimum of loss and at the same time irrigate alongthe system; and with these Vand minor objects in view my invention consists of the parts and combination of parts as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation y of a supply tank, or reservoir with mains leading therefrom. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one of the sections of the conduit. Fig. 3 is a side elevation partly broken away. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a conduit section. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View of 'of the cover. ,tional view of away. Fig. 10 isa detail top plan view of" Y closurej Fig.

a conduit section'. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on an enlarged scale of a conduit section and its anchoring base. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the channel partly filled with sand. Fig. 8 is a perspective view Fig. 9 is a longitudinal seca cond-uit parts being bro-ken thefend of a conduit section and an end 11 is a top plan View of a four way branch in a conduit.

Vtop plan view of one of the covers for a four way joint;` Fig. 13 is a top planview of a right angle bend in a conduit. Fig. 14; is a top plan view of one of the covers for a right angle bend. Fig. 15 is a top plan view of a conduit section Vformed with a single lateral branch. Fig. 16 is a top plan view of a cover for the main and lateral branch shown in Fig. 15. section of a conduit mounted therein.

Fig. 17 is a transverse section showing a pipe Fig. 18 is a detail ViewV Fig. 12 is a of the exit port for the pipe shown in Fig. y

17' Fig. 19 is a detail sectional view of the water inlet for the reservo-ir or tank shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 20 is a similar view of the water exit for the tank. Fig. 21 is a view similar to Fig. 17 showing a pipe of dierent cross section. Fig. 22 is a view of a portion of the conduit constructed to raise water from a lower to a higher level. Fig. 23 is a top plan view of a conduit section showing the binder integral therewith. Fig. 24 is a transverse sectional view of an anchoring baseformed of reinforced cement. Fig. 25 is a detail sectional view showing section of a conduit with an end closure cast integral therewith. Fig. 26 is a detail view of a surface irrigation system. Fig. 27 is a top plan view'of another embodiment of my invention. Fig. 2S is a perspectiveview of the top and bottom member separated. Fig. 29 is a sectional View on the line 28-28 Fig. 27. Fig. 30 is a longitudinal sectional view of the top member. Fig. 31 is a top plan view of the lower member of a modified construction. Figs. 32, 33, 34 and 35 are detail sectional views of further embodiments.

The reference numeral 1 reservoir of any suitable construction, 2 are pipes leading from the bottom thereof, 3 the irrigating pipes or conduit, 4 a substanan endtially VU-shaped pipe leading from one of the conduits 3 to a similar conduit, 5 o-n al lowerjlevel; said Vconduits being 'provided with elongated openings 6 through their sides at a point near the bottom thereof, as Will be more fully hereinafter explained.' The conduits 3 may be formed of.metal, .reinforced cement, clay or any other suitable' material as found most advantageous.

The `conduit -is made up of sections andeach section provided Withtvvo'sidevvalls ff and a bottom Wall 9, integrally formed; the bottom beingfgprovided -zvvithgatgroove 29'feX-1 tending throughout fits @length and' serving as an anchor spacetoabe'hereinatterreferred to.` :lirojeoting upwardffromitheftop Wall of the groove, 9 ;are tivo partitions `VIl() :and 11, Whichfconstitute vertical eXtensions of the side `Walls -1/2 ofthe grooveQ., thereby forming, :With the Walls-7, :channels -:1'3 and le.

The upper edge offthefpartitionsdl()and flfl a-reyvnotched'or cutxaway as at :l5 to form ducts'=through nwhich vater rmay .'passrfrom thewater mam or pipe Y 16 f'byfoverflow fintoV the' channels from whence the Water may flow throughithe elongated exits 6 formed through ,the sidewalls 7, at .the -bottom oi'" the'channels. 4The ihea'd of Water flowing. from the channelsfthroughjfthe exits 6 is at all v timesfsuficien-t to prevent sand,fmud,=etc., from .clogging the exits, 'and vat the same time prevent Ithe ysand, etc., rising in thef channels 1 and enteringV lthe main Water pipe.;

Ivvlureloy the pipe Lis always rkeptvclean and free romobstruetion. The Water Vpipe-or main is '.:tormedrby :theltop-of the groove 9 and the @partitions f10-and E11 the cover L17 constituting the top Wallet-the pipe 'and l channels.

.'18 .are holes f'formed through fthe bottom Wall -ofeaeh channel neareaeh end, and y19 Varesimilarholes ormednear Jthe corners 0'1":

the coverfl. y v

Abutt-ingfcond-uit sections 3 are tied together lby .means of the yEbinder `2O 'which is provided on theftop .f andv bottom f edges thercofwithlugs orpins 21-.at-each corner. These bindersv Eare adaptedto :be positioned respectively inthechannels"13` and 14 awhile 'the pins or'lugs are adapted toen-ter thefopening-s 18 and thus lock the sections together. rIhe cover Vis locked to the sect-ionsby'meansy ofthe pins on thefupper edgeof the binder .entering ythe yholes 19. A suitable cement may be poured.'v around the lugsor pins 21, thus closing thegj oint faround them.

V:In layingthe conduit, I usethree bricks, tvvoof the bricks 22-23 being laid vflatvvhile the .third `brick 24fisfstoodon oneend between the bricls22and 23 thereby forming an inverted T bed which is laid in cement e or other-,suitable mortar, seeFig. v6. lThis bed 4may belformed of .reinforced .cement las fshoivn in Fig. 24. `Afterthebed isfformed,V`

I secure Ethe f conduit sections' thereto iby ttingtlie tongue or rib 24 of the bed into the groove 9 in the bottom oit' theV section thereby firmly anchoring the sections against side- Wise movement. Y Y

As shown inFig-l3 in making a right an-V gle'b'endin'the'conduit, I bevel'the ends of Vvthe.covers-and forin'holes in the bottom of the channels similarV to the holes 18 and inserta right angle binder 23 in the channels Which'is provided with lugs or pins' 24 cong structed to enter 'Jsaid holes thereby Vrmly lo'c-lring the covers together.

As shown in AA.15, \Imay-lia.veazbranch conduit fat rightfangles tof'themain oondnit'V un which construction :I 'form aN shaped-1re cess 25 in one sdexo-thecover forthe main conduit interceptingztheimain pipe and one of the channels, While cover for :the end sectiony ofthe branch conduit 26is pointe'dito tit ythe J shaped recess of thejmain cover.. In this construction, I employ Aa :binder L29 which issimilar to; the binden-Z3.

Nhen :it :.'isdesired to :have ytwo laterale 'from the fmaintconduit, tI farrangejfthemas :shown in .-Eig, 1l.V :In this fourewayiconstruction,I use binderQ32-finthe channels' likethefbinder .23ishoivnin eFig. .13.V

The end -section of Ithe conduit may :formed with an iintegra'l Wall, as sho-Wn flu Fig. 25, :but in :order fto dispense :.Withzthe anecessity `olf .carrying Vend ssections 1in stock, y

I provide a closure 38 constituting-amend Y `rWall :for thesection which isiprovided VWith integral arms 39, which .project into the channels vI3 and 14, Iand are `provided with depending lugs similar Vto 21,- on fthe zbind-er 220, which project into holesIS inthe 'bot-Y tom of the channels. Otcourse, theij'oint 'around theend` Wall and the depending "lugs lis cemented ina-suitable manner.

4then it 4isfdesired to Vcarry VWater a .long distance, vI may'pr'eferto place aesquare pipe 40 asshown 1in Fig. 21 Y'inthesections and provide it With .a-'slotAO2L iniits t'oprequalin length `tozor longer or shorter 'than one oi the notches 15 and Tvpo'sitiened"to` register @with or break ,j oint, "with said notches. W'hen I use metal pipe, I insert, preferably, @a brass member 1421 (see xFig. I8) Iin said slot provided with a yveryana'rro'w fopening through it, :the `size of `the :opening Lto be `varied' according to` the `amount of vate-rV one Y.

When this form o pipe :4G .y

small amount of water may pass through the openings 42, thence through notches l5 into the channels and thence througlr the openings 6 into the ground, while the main body of water is confined in the pipe, 40-40", and conveyed to a distant point with a minimum reductionin volume and speed, as it has less chance of overflowing into the notches l5 than it would have if the cap 4l werenot on. Y

The reservoir l is provided with an inlet walter pipev43 extending upwardly therein through the bottom, as shown in 'detail 1n Fig. 19, in which 44 is a boss, formed on the bottom of the reservoir, on which is provided a seat 45 constructed to receive the end of the screw cap46 between which is interposed a gasket 47 to make a tight joint between the end of the pipe and said seat; the casing is screwed in the boss as shown.

' The pipe 43 is screw-threaded in the boss 44 j and a follower nut 472L is threaded on the pipe as shown totinake a water tight joint. The pipe 43 extends into the cap 46. l49 is a suitable valve in the pipe 43 to control the supply of water. A casing 48 is positioned on the bottom of the reservo-ir over the pipe 43 and is provided with openings 50 through which Vthe water enters the reservoir without splashing.

The exit pipes 2, see Fig. 20, are screwthreaded in bosses 5l on the bottom of the reservoir, the upper end of said pipes being slightly below the bottom of the reservoir over which is secured a wire mesh 52 by means of a cap 53 screwed on the end Vof the pipe.

In Fig. 1, VI have illustrated means for conveying water from a higher to a lower level in an irrigationv system. In this figure, the section 3 is on a higher plane than the Section5, and I connect the sections 3 and 5 by a substantially U-shaped pipe 4, one leg of which is shorter than the other, the shorter leg being connected to the section 5 in the lower'plane. Itis my intention to position one of these U-shaped members 4 between the reservoir and the first section of the irrigation conduit.

As shown in Fig. 7, I may` fill the chan- A nels V13 and 14 with sand 7a to prevent back How of unfiltered water through the channels into the main pipe. The earth packed around the conduit prevents thesand from being washed out of the channels.

It will be seen that by my system, it is impossible for the water in the main pipe to become contaminated.

As will be seen in the several views the ends of thecovers are rabbeted as at 54, so that when the ends abut, a recess is formed into which cement 55 may be placed to close the joint between the sections and,y at the same time act as a binder between the sections.

a higher level.

In Figs. 27 to 30, I haveillustratedvanother embodiment ot' my invention in which 6l is the top member and 62 the lower member. The side walls of the upper member are notched as at 63 along their lower edges to form water exits similar to the exits 6. 64 are the side walls of a water conduit 66, the height of said walls being less than the height of the side walls of the upper member so that water may overflow from the main conduit into the channels formed be tween the walls G4 and the walls of the upper member, thence through the exits 63 into the ground. The walls G4 are provided with a lug 67 at one end, and with a locking member 68 at the other end adapted to interlock with similar locking members on adjacent sections. The upper vmember is provided with a lug 69 constructed to interlock with the locking member 68 of the lower member, while the locking member 70 slidesV under the lug 67 whereby the two sections are interlocked. 7l is a projection from one end of the upper member adapted to interlock with an adjacent member and provided with two lugs'72 to receive a binder.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3l the pipe 66h is provided at one end with a recess 73 formed by a deflection of the walls (i4a and adapted to receive atongue 74 eX- tending from the abutting end of an adjacent section.V In the bottom of the pipe 66" is a lug 75 adapted to be engaged by a yoke 7G on the end of an adjacent section whereby the sections are locked together at the bottom, the notches 77 permitting cement to be flowed around the lug 75.

The binder 2O may be cast integral with he conduit sections if desired as shown inV ig.` 23. Y

In Figs. 17 and 2l, 40*3 are filling or supporting blocks for the pipes 4Gb and 40. .Y p In Fig. 22 Il have shown that part'of my4 system adapted to carry water from the conduit section 78 to the conduit section 79 on I do this by connecting the main pipe of the section 79 to the main pipe of section 78 by means of a pipe 8O which is of considerably less diameter than the diameter of themain pipes in the sections.

In Fig. 32 I have shown another embodiment of my invention in which the central portion of the conduit having the anchoring groove 9` and including the main wat-er pipe 1G, and the cover 83 are formed'in one piece, the outer side walls of the central portion, near their lower edges being each provided with a longitudinal groove 85, while the coveriportionfis provided'vvith' a-flongitu- Y VV12a adapted r'toenter ithe--lgroovesS and 86 of. the leent-ral member whereby' the members are Vifirmly secured together and wvhen se-v cured #together the :Wa-'ter seal 14 is formed. 'lhe members k87 i are provided lvvith ther exit portsf.

nient of 1 my invention-fin 'which the central Water-.pipe 16 isf-cast With-a cover'9? -'and-ai longitudinalbottom groove 94. "The cover 93 :is yprovided."with longitudinal seats'f95 on. eachr side thereofA extending longitudinally. Thefside members96 are provided With n- Wardly :extendfinlg"bottom flanges `97 having on'f'theirfinneredgesarib'? 98 ivith an overhang 99 li'vvhe'reby the sections "96 are "locked tothejfmain pipe-92by said ribs :being introduced into the longitudinal `'groove 94 as shown in saidlggure l-lhe-vfoverhang of the' ribsorms a-space `1001nto which the cement` oifya base may fbefsqu'eezed therebyfforming van -ainchor .to hold fthe conduit sections against #transversedisplacement. f' Of V'coursev this form fof fconduit is provided vvithithe overflow openings J `andV the exit openings 6.'V 93a1are'coversffcr thefvvater seal.

. Which the imain Waterfpipe103is cast/or formed with? a chamber 104 beneath 'being communication between -the means 'off-a fduct or passage '105.

-it there two by 1 wallszofthecentralportion just described inig 'flanges 107 fof'the areprovidedwith longitudinal grooves 106 constructed to -recei=\'1e'theV inwardly Yentend'-4 side'members 108, as shown in the drawing. 1109 is ``the 'Water seal. The chamberV 104 is provided With ducts 110l'eading1into the lWater seal 'at its bottom While fthe Water seals yare vprovided "with exits.- ,By thisfconstruction l maybe enabledV to `Vconduct large body lfof Water overland 'through the saine' time, 1W Y in'g'lfthe vSpeeder 4the columns `o iWater, perfmlt f some1 ofthe Txvater -tol drip through the erforations 1j-O5 iinto the chamber 4104' :from vvhich'itl isrfreelto-loxv thronghf the feXits 1110 and '16 into 4the ground "for irrigating purposes; cover 1 but fof course it' 1Ais i obvious f that, I

cover' it Fas Vin the rother constructions fFg. iniayfbe used.

T-he side y the main 1 pipe 103 1 andy atY 'ithout materially f diminish- 1 y 11I do nt''herein' claimV the ;meth'o`d or system aslth'atwvill formffthe subject mattero'fia divisional application.

YVVhatI olaimiand desireto secure'lby Letters Patent is: 1 f

'11. `13rniiiri^gafting eonduitfc'ompri's'ingfa secticnlhavin'gside Wallst and anrup'vvardly extendingbottompertion spaced from-and c0- operatirig fvvith said Walls-to form Vlateral channels,said Vbottornportion furtherhavi'n'g upvvartllyeX-tendingWalls to 'providel a: main Welter fpipef-ports establishing communica-V tiongbettve'en 'sa-itl' "'main `Water npipe Y and the respective' lateral channelsand exit ports at thelbo'ttomof saidlateral channels. 'y

v2. vAn 'irrigation' conduit'ma'deu'p "of 1a f se#v ries LAof seetions,=parallelripartitions lin 'each section "exten-ding'lengthwvisethereo and di-V li'riding-'the Sectionsvn'lto afmain Water'pipe fand `water seal 'channels 'on zthey respectivev f sides if said pipe,=peits" b'etaveenthe channels a and Water J pipe,t openings 5 in the bottom of reachv channel nearfthefrespective ends of each a section; binders 'tte'tl in` the resp ective 'cham snels and'extending across the joint between adjacent sectfions,iand havinof'lugs extending ifrom the -lower {'afce lthereo Vcons'tructed lto fenterft-he openngs-infthebottom orfthe chanuiels, said'binders alsohaving lugs extending from their upper faeepa'nda cover `lfor said ssections having openings intofwhichthe lugs "on 4the lupperI face" ofthe *binders proj ect.

An V'irrigation conduit 'comprising v'side Walls and a vbase, alor'fgtudinally 'extending 'the lat- `@Ward to the plane ofthe t-op of the sidewalls .thereby "'orming' al central pipe andI channels onfthe respective sides lffsaid 4pipe extendfing in'the directionfofithe length of thefco'ndu'it, ipcrtsib'etWee`n'--s:`id l'channels `an'dfpipe, an'd port-s vleading 'from 'said [channels *throughlthessaidlsitlelwalls.

l4., An lirrigationconduitmade up ofasetries of sections, each "section vhaving f'side `Walls andabase, alongitudinallyfextending groove int-hefouteracefofthey base, the `lateral wallsfofflthe groovebeingcontinued uplvvardito the plane ofthe'topv ofthe 'side Walls thereby 'tormnga icentral pifpelan'd channels `onthe respectivey sides? o f1 saidw pippe 'extending in thefdirect'ion 'o'f 4`the Jl'ength'of the conduit,

ries of sections, each sectlionfcomprising''sibleV Walls fand a baseyaj ldngitudinally 'extending groove inthe enter-face ithe'bas'epthe lat llslgfoffth'e gro ove i being continued up- `Ward t-o th'eplane ofi the topA 'fffthe side vvalls thereby` formingvafcentral pipe and channels onthe respective sidesfof -said pipe'etendfing in the direction of the length of the condi'rit,4

ports between said channels and pipe and ports leading from said channels through the said side walls, means locking said sections at their adjacent ends, and an inverted T anchoring base, the stem ofwhich is positioned in said groove.

6. An irrigati'on conduit made up of a series of sections, parallel partitions in each section extending lengthwise thereof and dividing the sections into a main water pipe and water seal channels on the respective sides of said pipe, ports between the'channels and water pipe, openings in the bot-tom of each channel near the respective ends of each section, binders fitted in the respective channels and extending across the joint hetween adjacent sections, and provided with lugs extending from the lower face thereof constructed to enter said openings, thereby locking the sections also having lu s extending from their upper face, a cover for said sections having opentogether, said binders ings into which the lugs on t-he upper face ries of sections each having a longitudinally groove in the under face thereof,

extending in combination with an inverted T shaped anchoring bed comprising two blocks laid at and `a third block stood on end between said two blocks to form a tongue extending into said groove.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC B. NAYLOR.

signature Witnesses :'V

EDWIN S, CLARKsoN, IDA T. STANLEY.

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